IT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'M GOOD AT.
SURF A LOT.
I HAVEN'T DONE IT IN A WHILE.
SURFING WOULD BE MY BIGGEST
TALENT.
IF IT'S CROWDED, I WON'T GO OUT.
OR SHARKS.
TAIZO: THIS IS COOL.
SMILE.
USING TECHNOLOGY.
DR. ROBERT BAYSA IS HERE TO TELL
US MORE.
I HAVE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SON.
HE GOES TO THE DENTIST AND IT'S
SO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I GO TO
THE DENTIST BACK IN THE DAY.
TALK ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY
AFFECTS OUR DAY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
THAT CAN BE READILY ACCESSIBLE
VIA THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER.
CELL PHONES, AT ONE TIME USED TO
BE LARGE.
TAIZO: YEAH.
ONLY FOR TAKING CALLS AND
GIVING OUT CALLS.
NOW WE GOT THOSE FANCY, SKINNY
SmartPhoneS THAT CAN RUN OUR
EVERYDAY LIVES.
TEXTING.
BUT NOW DENTISTRY HAS CHANGED.
WE CAN USE THAT TECHNOLOGY IN
DENTAL SENSORS AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGY MAKES THEM SMALLER
AND SMALLER, WHICH MAKES IT
GREAT FOR FITTING INTO MOUTH AND
TEETH.
WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY HELPS
DENTISTS?
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
COMMUNICATION?
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION.
ONE IS THE INTRAORAL CAMERA.
IT'S MORE LIKE A CONVERSATION
STARTER.
IT INCREASES THE PATIENT'S
RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE CAN
DISCUSS TREATMENT PLANS.
TAIZO: YOU LIKE PUT A CAMERA
IN, AND RIGHT THERE AS YOU'RE
TALKING WITH THE PATIENT, YOU
CAN SEE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON?
YEAH.
JUST LIKE YOUR SON'S ONE.
YOU ASSOCIATE WITH A BLACK AND
WHITE FILM.
GOES UP ON THE MONITOR.
THIS IS A NEAT DEVICE THAT SHOWS
REAL LIFE PICTURES OF YOUR TEETH
SO WE CAN EDUCATE FOR BETTER
ORAL HEALTH CARE.
TAIZO: IT'S SO AMAZING.
ORAL HEALTHCARE AFFECTS
EVERYTHING IN THE BODY.
IT STARTS HERE.
WHETHER IT'S PLAQUE, IT CAN
CAUSE HEART PROBLEMS.
WHAT OTHER FORMS CAN BE USED BY
THE DENTIST OUT THERE THAT YOU
TALK TO, TO IMPROVE THAT CARE?
WELL, IN THE FORM OF
TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN USE DIGITAL
X-RAYS.
THOSE DIGITAL X-RAYS COMPARED TO
TRADITIONAL BLACK AND WHITE
FILMS DELIVER LESS RADIATION
EXPORE.
IT'S GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
THERE'S NO CHEMICALS TO DEVELOP
THE FILM.
THE 3D X-RAY HELPS INTERRUPTING
ABNORMALITY.
I GOT HERE GOOGLING, TRYING TO
FIND OUT WHERE PIIKOI IS.
THERE'S AN OPTION WHERE YOU CAN
ROTATE AND FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE
ON STREET.
THERE 3D IMAGE OF YOUR MOUTH,
THE DENTIST CAN DO THE SAME
THING TO FIND OUT LESIONS THAT
DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS?
3D BUT AS A DENTIST, HAS IT MADE
YOUR LIFE EASIER, FUNNER?
HOW HAS IT CHANGED THE WAY --
GAME CHANGER.
DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS ARE UNLIKE
THE TRAYS THAT ARE TRICKY AND
GOOEY.
IT'S LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE
EXTRA ORAL CAMERA.
IT STANDS IN YOUR TEETH AND IT
GOES THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE
RESTORATION CAN BE FAB FABRICATED
LIKE A CROWN OR IMPLANT.
THAT CAN BE MADE BY A LAB OR IN
FOR THE KIDS THAT'S GREAT BUT
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPRESSIONS FOR
DENTURES.
SO IMPRESSIONS, THEY MAKE THE
DENTURE FABRICATION BETTER?
EASIER?
THAT'S IN THE WORKS NOW.
IT'S GETTING BETTER.
TAIZO: I GOT TO ASK, FOR YOU,
AS A DENTIST, TECHNOLOGY LIKE
THIS, IS IT FUN?
IS IT A CHALLENGE?
IS IT AN OBSTACLE?
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?
YOU SMILE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE
IN DENTISTRY.
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, A GOOD
TIME TO SEEK A DENTIST.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T ENJOY
COMING TO THE DENTIST, THIS IS
DENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING WAY
DENTISTS PRACTICE.
THE RESULTS IS IMPROVED CARE AND
COMFORT.
TAIZO: AND IT'S SO FUNNY.
AGAIN, MY SON, WHEN HE WENT FOR
THE FIRST TIME, I WAS THINKING
ABOUT MY FIRST DENTAL EXPERIENCE
MANY YEARS AGO.
HE WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN.
IT WAS SO EASY AND HE WAS
LOOKING AT TV.
THERE YOU GO.
TAIZO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.